Olerdola-Canyellas, Penedes Valley, Catalonia: Burdigalian - Langhian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten sp. Müller 1776
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Heliastrea sp. Milne Edwards and Haime 1857
Heliastrea oligophylla Reuss 1871
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950
Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis (Kühn 1925)
var. andalousianensis
Tarbellastraea reussiana (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
Favites sp. Link 1807
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Mussismilia (Protomussa) sanmiguelensis
Mussismilia vindobonensis Chevalier 1961
Leptomussa falloti Chevalier 1961
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona (Hydnophoseris) miguelensis
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinaceae
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Lithothamniacae
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 41.3° North, 1.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.4° North, 0.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian - Langhian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: patch reefs
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1999
Database number:70415
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-22 04:44:44 Last modified:2007-03-22 07:03:21
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-22 04:44:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

23527. J. P. Chevalier. 1961. Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale [Miocene corals and reefs from the western Mediterranean]. Memoires de la Societe geologique de France 93:1-562 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

23474 M. Esteban, J. C. Braga, J. Martin and C. Santisteban. 1996. Western mediterranean reef complexes. SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5:55-72 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]